NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby's in ...

Several years ago, Stephanie Culp Smith received an old violin that had belonged to her late grandfather when he was a boy. Smith's mother had discovered the instrument while cleaning out the man's ...

This week, a violin made by famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari could become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction. Sotheby's is estimating that a Stradivarius made in 1714 ...

For decades, renowned violinist Erica Morini thrilled music lovers around the globe. In her hands was one of the most prized possessions in the world of music: a Stradivarius violin which would be ...

On the first day of 1879, Joseph Joachim, the virtuosic Hungarian violinist, took to the stage in Leipzig and premiered Johannes Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D Major, the only such work the German ...

A Stradivarius violin made at the "pinnacle" of Antonio Stradivari’s career sold at auction for an eye-popping price this week. The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier most ...

BOSTON - The sale of a one-of-a-kind violin just raised $11.3 million for scholarships at Boston's New England Conservatory during an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius ...

The violin's unusual story involves musicians, police, the FBI and an appraiser. — -- A centuries-old "Ames" Stradivarius violin that was stolen from the late renowned violinist Roman Totenberg ...

As an astonishing exhibition brings together 20 of Stradivarius's most prized violins, guitars and cellos, Ivan Hewett discovers what made their sound so special. IN THE WORLD of musical instruments, ...